225 Quotes by Lee Iacocca

Any supervisor worth his salt would rather deal with people who attempt too much than with those who try too little.

What is it that you like doing? If you don't like it, get out of it, because you'll be lousy at it. You don't have to stay with a job for the rest of your life, because if you don't like it you'll never be successful in it.

In a corporation, there can only be one guy in the end: the CEO.

If I had to sum up in a word what makes a good manager, I'd say decisiveness. You can use the fanciest computers to gather the numbers, but in the end you have to set a timetable and act.

It was emotional when Chrysler sold out to the Germans.

I only wish I could find an institute that teaches people how to listen. Business people need to listen at least as much as they need to talk. Too many people fail to realize that real communication goes in both directions.

What is wrong with changing your mind because the facts changed? But you have to be able to say why you changed your mind and how the facts changed.

Even a correct decision is wrong when it was taken too late.

The trick is to make sure you don't die waiting for prosperity to come.